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TIL about Arthur John Priest. A fireman and stoker who survived five ship sinkings including the RMS Titanic sinking.

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mxWbp TIL of Ski Valley at Sangre de Cristo in New Mexico, which has "Tree Martinis" to calm the nerves of the skiers heading down the mountain.
grWX7 TIL from 1971-1980, Australian songs topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart 19 times - all of the songs involved the Bee Gees, Helen Reddy or Olivia Newton-John.
dM7E TIL there is an episode of Cow and Chicken where a gang of really butch women bikers come to their house and “eat all their carpets”.
Y7PVd TIL About Medals4Mettle, which re-ribbons your old medals and awards them to kids fighting diseases like cancer.
xae0 TIL that tripping on LSD has aided at least 2 Nobel prize winners in their scientific discoveries.